The Book Shire

2017 YA books

The Hundredth Queen by Emily R. King

I wasn’t expecting to love this as much as I did (which is saying a lot because I was expecting to love it), and now all I want to do is FLAIL UNCONTROLLABLY [...]

The Unlikelies by Carrie Firestone

Last year, Carrie Firestone’s The Loose Ends List was definitely on my top books of 2016 list. It was uproariously unrepentant and unprecedented in its [...]

Roar by Cora Carmack

What a gorgeous freaking book! I loved pretty much everything about it from cover to cover and here’s why you will too: There is STORM MAGIC. Storm magic [...]

Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor

I finished this book two weeks ago, and it’s taken me this long to have anything articulate to say about it. What I wanted my original review to say was [...]

The Hidden Memory of Objects by Danielle Mages Amato

What a surprising gem this book is! You think you’re getting one thing – a YA mystery with maybe a hint of the mystical - when really you are getting so [...]

Maid of the King’s Court by Lucy Worsley

  I am a sucker for historical fiction, so when I saw that Maid of the King’s Court focused on the Tudor period of British history I was instantly [...]

You’re Welcome, Universe by Whitney Gardner

Talk about diversity! You’re Welcome, Universe pretty much has a corner on that market; from Julia, the deaf, Indian-American protagonist to her two moms, I [...]

Hunted by Meagan Spooner

Guys, I’m sorry. I want to love this – I know so many of you either already love it or will love it. But I just… didn’t. I know, I know, I am the [...]

A Crown of Wishes by Roshani Chokshi

This book might just be my favorite read of 2017. I know it’s still early in the year for such a declaration, but I am dead serious – I devoured A Crown [...]